Mike Bowman recently retired from teaching Physical Education and coaching the football team of Taconic Hills High School. During his tenure at Taconic Hills, he became the most notable football and baseball coach in the school’s history. The 1988 Football team went undefeated and was awarded the number one ranking for small schools in all of New York State. Bowman was awarded with the States Coach of the Year award.
A 1968 graduate of Emporia State University, Bowman has spent many summers in his beloved Adirondacks. It is here that the inspiration of his first literary attempt was born. When asked if there was something else that inspired him to write this book, his reply was: “I had an urge to write this book. It has been in my head for many years. I don’t know what has pushed me on to write it. You know, it could be ‘The Spirit of Whiteface.’”
Mike lives in upstate New York, with his wife, Vinessa, and their son, Severin. They travel, in their spare time to their property, at just about the foot of Whiteface Mountain.